Heinzelmannchen Gopher Ale

Brewed by Heinzelmannchen Brewery
Style: Pilsener
Sylva, North Carolina USA

Brown-red, whitish head. Aroma is caramel, cocoa. Taste is caramel, cocoa, typical Alt.

Sampled on draft at the brewery. Pours light brown with a thin head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of toasted malts and grain. Taste is grassy hops, grain and a tart champagne like finish. Medium bodied and highly carbonated.

tasted at brewery. pours a light crisp yellow with frothy white head. light crisp, some malts, and citrus presence. good

on tap-pours a white head and cloudy yellow/gold color. Aroma is light hops tanginess, crisp. Taste is light hops tanginess, crisp.

Draught at the brewery. Well, this is a fairly straightfoward pilsner. This really comes across as a light European thirst-quenching lager, hard to imagine this being an ale. It’s got some corn and mild hops in the aroma with a malt foundation of caramel. The sweetness over the palate is appealing enough and a bit of hop presence make this semi-interesting. It’s just too light to really excite me.

Tap. Strong malt and hops aroma. Slightly cloudy golden yellow color with large head - a beautiful beer. Light sour lemon and mild malt flavor with a moderate hops finish. A great summer beer.

Sample, on tap at the brewery. A clean drinking brew. Effervescent and mellow yellow. Nicely hopped, with a nutty component. Sturdy body, maybe even a bit pithy -- slightly more than medium bodied. Dryish, crackery malts, no vegetable components. Talked with Dieter, the brewer, for a good while and tried to pin him down a little bit on the style - Kolsch? Nope. He’s quite emphatic that it’s "Pilsener Ale". If it’s a good enough "category" for Deschutes Twighlight, then I guess it’ll fly for Herr Heinzelmannchen.